It had been days since I last saw my princes, and school seemed to drag on without them. I received several glares from girls, but no one approached me to say anything, and I ignored them. However, I was relieved to know that not everyone despised me due to my involvement and upcoming engagement to the princes. Only my closest friends were privy to this, and I had sworn them to secrecy, which they honored. After class, I instructed my friends to go to dinner and check on my new birds to see if they were getting along. Once Rene nodded and left with Andromeda, I headed to the library to complete a project on the first supernatural being ever discovered by a human. I searched through the books until I found the right one. After checking it out, I found a seat near a window and settled down to read. Suddenly, I heard the library door slam open. At first, I ignored it, but then I felt a painful tug on my long blonde hair. I hissed, trying to shake the hands off, but it was futile. Soon, I was yanked from my seat and dragged across the library to the main doors. I could hear students all around as I let out a scream of pain and pleaded for someone to help me.

"PLEASE HELP ME SOMEONE  HELP"

When I screamed for help, I heard several footsteps running towards me, but then I heard a voice I never wished to hear again, and that was Aunt Glenda's voice saying...

"shut up  wart  don't you dare cause a ruckus  and call people to help you  or i swear that your punishment will not be pretty and how i have missed your pathetic whimpers and pleas of help"  

i carried on screaming for help and aunt glenda grabbed my hair tighter  and dragged me to a basement where she tied me to a wall and made me face her i saw hatred in her eyes and a promise of pain on  her  lips she then took out her blade and  cut open my dress and began marring my skin  as she said in her most evil tone 

"you  thought you could escape me didn't you wart you thought by coming to this town of freaks  you could get away from me and live life as a pampered  princess whose sluttish ways had gotten her the attention of six men who were better for my beautiful juniper and not a ugly worthless orphan like you  your the reason my son hates me you filled his head with your  lies  you took away my husbands affections and killed him  just like you had  your parents your an evil bruja and evil brujas dont get to live  happy lives"

Aunt then cut me and i screamed loudly aunt then said more cruel things and cut me again she then slapped me for screaming  i sobbed as i felt cut after cut hit afte hit and her calling me a slut ,whore and slag saying i was as promiscuose as my dead  mother and a man stealing bitch i cried after feeling a hard slap on my face multiple times and when the slapping stopped thats when her kicking started  she kicked my stomach and chest breaking my ribs  then she stomped on my face breaking my nose i could taste my own blood  and that awakend a side of me that i never thought  existed, when i changed  i turned into a wendigo like my dad  and clawed aunts chest growling at her  calling her an evil mean witch  and how she dared hurt me and say that her daughter was better then me  and deserved my mates .

my aunt moved backwards her chest  bleeding  and i loved the smell of her fear i relished in it  i howled at her again which soon turned into screams  as  i transformed back into my normal form I confronted my aunt about why she had mistreated me for years and disregarded me as her niece, even though she was married to Uncle Dan, and why she treated me like a mere servant girl. With a snarl, she retorted that I didn't deserve anything I had and that I wasn't entitled to know about my parents' money, which she used to fund her lavish lifestyle. My confusion must have been evident because she cackled, revealing that the house where I served was actually my parents' house, the money spent on her son and daughter was my parents', and even the jewelry Juniper flaunted belonged to me. That's when it hit me, and I retorted that she had been flaunting my parents' wealth as her own while treating me as nothing more than a servant in my own home. With a mocking 'ding ding,' she acknowledged that I had finally understood.

I glared at her, accusing her of being a gold-digger who had stripped me of everything. When I asked about the other family members, she laughed, admitting she had paid them to demean me, leaving me feeling completely isolated. Tears of fury welled up in my eyes as I demanded to know how she could commit such acts. Nonchalantly, she claimed it was all for herself and her children. She told me how Charles had ceased using the money once he realized it was mine and had even changed the garage locks to stop her from accessing the vehicles that belonged to my parents. He confronted her, declaring that all she paraded around was rightfully mine, and he denounced her as a heartless, indifferent person. When my aunt spoke, I saw her disdain for me once more, but this time it didn't affect me because I was tired of being insulted and treated like trash by her. Without any emotion, I asked her if she had ever truly loved Uncle Dan. Her eyes softened for a brief moment, and she confessed that there was a time when she had loved him with all her heart, but that love turned to hatred when she discovered his true nature..

My aunt then explained that by that time, she had already given birth to Charles and Juniper. She loved her children and prayed they were human like her, not freaks like Dan. She confessed to frequently cheating on him, and when he discovered it, he didn't care. With a hiss, she revealed how she found out he was in love with someone else. When confronted, he confessed that the other woman was his destined mate. I questioned why he wasn't with her, why marriage was no longer right for him. She admitted she had deceived the girl, telling her Dan hated her and didn't want a relationship. The girl broke down and left. Initially, my aunt refused to tell me her name, but under my menacing glare and Wendigo eyes, she relented. The girl's name was Maryweather Bubblehop. Shocked, I walked away, my clothes torn. Approaching the door, I heard footsteps behind me. Turning, I saw my aunt, blade in hand, lunging at me. As she drove it into my heart, I tore out hers, which was black and shriveled. She collapsed, a gaping void where her heart once was.

I emerged from the basement and found myself inexplicably transported to the academy grounds where my friends were. As I appeared before them, they screamed in horror at the sight of my bloody wounds, disfigured face, and the blade protruding from my chest, with a black, shriveled heart in my hand. Then, I fainted and vanished into the void of death, where I saw my handsome vampire prince speaking to a child spirit. As the child disappeared, I called out to him.

"Drago, my prince, my love, my darling."

Upon hearing my fading voice, Drago turned my way, and I witnessed him crumble as he screamed my name. Then, before he could reach my waning form, I apologized. Suddenly, I emerged from the void of death, finding myself deeper within the earth, where a monstrous creature stood before me, laughing wickedly.

"Guard your realm as fervently as you desire, O pure light, but your efforts will be in vain. For we are on the cusp of breaching the surface, ready to unleash the four horsemen of the apocalypse and bestow our full lethality upon your world."

I soon left the lower region I was in and returned to the place of life and love, still hearing the echoes of the evil laughter beneath. When I returned to my body, I could hear crying. My eyes opened to see my loving family and friends, and then I sensed them—my six fated mates running towards me, crying out my name. Drago and Judas appeared first, hugging and crying over my bloodied body. When they saw my torn clothes and others approaching, Judas removed his shirt to cover me, leaving himself bare-chested for girls to ogle. I let out a pained growl, and Aaron conjured a shirt for him before I whispered, loud enough for my fated mates to hear.

"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are coming; death is approaching. They told me they were imminent."

I fainted and was subsequently picked up by Firo, who carried me to his dormitory that he shared with Charles.